The Worm-eating Warbler in Ontario — On the morning of May 28, 

 1908, I took a male Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorus) in a 

 maple woods with a chestnut ridge, about three miles west of London, 

 Ont. My attention was attracted by what seemed to be the notes of a 

 Chipping Sparrow, dehvered very rapidly but with a tone a trifle more 

 musical than is the case with the sparrow. After some search we found 

 him sitting still about fifty feet up, and with a glass I could see a warbler's 

 bill and could tell that it was flesh-colored, although the hght was too poor 

 to show anything more. A lucky shot brought him down and I had the 

 pleasure of picking up the first Worm-eating Warbler recorded for Canada. 



In thinking the matter over I remembered having heard a similar, but 

 not identical, song about a week before, ten miles fvirther west, but was 

 unable even to see the author of the note, and since then I have been told 

 that this warbler was accurately described by a boy hving not far from 

 where mine was taken, so that it is possible more than one have been 

 about. Three or four years ago Prairie Warblers were reported and 

 taken in several places throughout the Province where they had not been 

 seen before, and it is possible that this year may see an occurrence of 

 Worm-eating Warblers which will parallel that of the other species. — 

 W. E. Saunders, London, Ont. ^nfc iijj. jBOy-lBOe Pt9/f, 



